The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 18, 1942, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HELEN TROY MONSEN R. L. BERNARD Entered 1 the Post Office in Juneau SUBSCRIPTION Delivered by carrier in Juneau and for By mail, postage paid, st the following One yéhr. 1 Wdvabbs, $16.90; aix months, 1n noe, $7.50; one month, in advance, $1.2! Subscribers will eonur favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- Uvery of thelr papers, Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited In this paper and also the local news published Daniel, Berein. Smith, ALASEA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGH Republicans: THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. ReNies "Nyl 8 NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1011 White American Bullding, Seattle, Wash. - ot Others cloture were Let it be ke majority of the It It world A the Tokyo will send and India. Whatever cause, was was vote whic races of . President Vice-Presiddnt and Business Manager || - |laya Second Class Matter. da .80 per month. | mocracy’s damage. voted Democrats Bulow, Bunker, Clark of Idaho, Gerry, Gillette, O'Maho Spencer. against busters when the showdown came. preferréd to put the Senate on record against ¢emoc- intolerance rather racy, for to debate. Originally pirate. hameful d vote the Here are the names of the ¢ cloture: Hill paired Holman, the ¥ in Senate history which will be heard round Hitler will broadcast eagerly Middle East, and which F sizzling throughout the Orient, h Ma- have been done to de recorded who cid the rators who mage let may it be Andrews, Byrd, Caraway, Chandler Connally, Doxey, Ellender, George, Lucas Maybank, McKellar, ney, Overton Radcliffe Stewart, Tydings, Wheeler Aiken, Austin, Johnson hipstead, Shott, Thomas Bailey, Bankhead, Bilbo, Russell, Langer, of Idaho, announced 1o Glass and ept clearly in Senate which or in opposition McCarran mind that supported it was a the {ili than limit their “right™ word “filibusterer signified a Now it has been made synonymous with saboteur, When's (Philadelphia an Olfuer Not? Record) What's an officer? IN THE SENATE Democracy took knife in the back recently. | It was wielded by the Senate of the United States. Nothing Adolf Hitler ever bleated over his Axis |Officer. But it radio cver did more to jolt the faith of other na- |Standards there tions in the democratic cause, especially the peoples (a) Male of (b) Female of other races. However it may be explained away by Senators, this was a vote for racism in the States. The anti-poll tax bill is now beaten by a filibustering minority and a spineless majority, just as was the anti-lynching bill. For the same | reasons. In each case the leadership was the nally, of Texas; Bilbo, of Mississippi. To end the filibuster, to shelve the bill unless a vote for cloture could be |ing the gate. A: obtained, Cloture limitation of debate, which has been invoked only four times in 25 years, since it was put into the Senate rules in 1917, after Presi- dent Wilson denounced the “little group of wilful men . .. who rendered the great Government of the United States helpless and contemptible.” The net effect of putting the vote on cloture | meant that two-thirds of the Senators present had |may even be a to support the President, whereas the bill itself | But we do k could have passed with a bare majority. Moreover, | such piany Senators who favored the bill voted again: | women officers cloture because they regard their privilege to behave | think there like windbags as more precious than the right of jour war majority rule The Republicans stood better than the Democrats. voted for cloture against only 21 Democrats voted for opposed. Washington Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) SABOTAGE affiliated A couple of Meade had the a ashamed United | the tea dances. This at Result, phine horrors!—in uni same: Con- is came these two escorts. Some say th ing debs. own The Dad’s most check by the President (-veni Fourteen Republicans 10 opposed, whereas | cloture as against 31 be as You never ki ‘.xn\ not. |ceiling on all salaries above $25,000, |but there is no provision permitting |the President to limit incomes from investments. Thus the man who makes his living through a salary, can make only so much. But the ;mx\n whose family accumulated a |fortune, and who gets his money by clipping coupons, can receive is serving as caretaker a. Just as much as before. an - officers’ club at an Air Corps| Reason for this is the law passed base. \by Caongress last summer, giving The Navy Department is so over- |the President the power to place staffed with officers doing paper |® ceiling on salaries but not on work that one young ensign, who | Umearned incomes. wanted to be sent to sea, ndopll‘d The law slipped through Con- the practice of reading a brightly- |BYess partly by accident anyway. bound detective novel at his desk. /If some of the Old Guard Sena- He made his lack of duties so con-|tors had realized that the spicuous that his superiors were [€Ven went so far as to limit sal- embarrassed, finally sent sea. Army, him |it. But when they asked Senator Many a handsome, uniformed |Prentiss Brown of Michigan, in Marine, who has joined the Ma- charge of the bill, whether it per- rines to fight the war, finds him- |Mitted the President to place a self stuck in the Navy Depart-|Celling on salaries, he replied, ment building running errands or! standing guard in doorways. Why ! interior guards of combat age arc, needed remains a puzzle, because | no one can enter the building without a special pass. Civilian de- | partments use old world war vel- erans as guards. ACROSS . Sllkworm . Units of wire measurement Peruse Beverage . Son of Omri CAPITAL CHAFF i New sergeant-at-arms of the! Senate will be Wall Doxey, retir ing Senator from Mississippi, re- placing Chesley Jurney, former sec- | retary to the late Senator Cope- | land of New York Republi- | can Ed Moore, the Oklahoma oil man who stunned the country h,'i defeating Democratic Josh Lee for the Senate, now seriously considers switching to the Democratic side of the Senate. Moore was once a Democrat, now thinks he could get more political patronage that way. (Wrong dope, Senator- elect Moore. Roosevelt gives the jobs to Republicans these days) .. A wave of “fear buying” of ra- | dio batteries is sweeping the coun- try, but is unnecessary and harm- ful. The WPB has limited sales ot batteries to curtail this wave, bui it has not frozen them . Rep- resentative-elect Will Rogers, son of the cowboy humorist, will be the only member of Congress who has evér been on KP duty in the Army in this war Franklin | Roosevelt TIT ndson of the | President, has a regular detail of Becret Service guards. Give into the lieeping of 5 Sou of Seth . Flow . American In- dian . Wreath bear- ng a knight's crest . Put with 50 6. Organic growth 52. . Prophe; Natural cover- ing of the head 60. Render from 21. Distress call 22, Swamp . Den 26. Symbol for fron €2 . One appointed to act for a 64 sherift into an- other Collection of cts French river God of love Ifl//’ /Amm W //// MORE INCOME CEILI One of the toughest tax prob- lems before Congress was to de- cide whether or not there should be a $25,000 ceiling on all un-| carned incomes. Beginning January 1, there is a i Wide, World Featur That's this week's $64 question the Officers Club, in behalf of the Navy League and organizations. companied by escorts or elsc get the strange distinction broadcast at the Penn-Army Beaten | officers Club invited “all officers’ the Bellevue-Stratford. Lieutenants Pescatore, easler to lift than a Main Line should have worn distinctions are made have effort generally. popular | bill | Crossword Puzzle Sideiong glance fled Brazillan tapirs one language = EE/AnN v did//dERd//dm o fl= 1 - fllllfi% /i Mui T 11 ] id//dEild /-l flli///fllli%fl of B E i propounded by | girl second lieutenants at Camp odd notion tha officer was an seems ot Officers Club are two kinds ficers. officers—who Under must be ac- bum’s rush at simply not included in game, when the to a tea dance, was and up, Jose- and- Dorothy Brown both nurses, showed form. Their reception was indistinguishable from that an agreement was made given at Main Line parties to persons caught crash- s anyone knows, there is no object eyebrow. And here | hiform—when the and brought the girl officers, in frilly things, ese rules were laid down by design- Some believe they were thought up by matrons eager to protect their daughters from mili- tary competition. We don't know the answer. military secret now that it is a silly situation when between the men and serving their country Most peop! been too blamed many frills It book during December will book. now how well off you are until you “We'll come back to that later.” And the Old Guard Senators for- |got to come back to it. So now having passed the limi- tation on salaries, Congress Ww: irnced with the problem of either |repealing the salary ceiling or placing a ceiling on unearned in- comes. They didn't do either. The gathering storm was pres- aged by Senator Geqrge, who de-/ clared that the validity of the salary ceiling was certain to be challenged by the new Congress. NOTE: Critics of the President are saying that he benefits by the present provision since his mother | income | a considerable from unearned investments. Real | truth however, is that both FDR llett him to |aries, they never would have passed and Mrs. Roosevelt boosted the sudden changes. ‘plan for an equalized ceiling on all incomes, both' earned and un- |earned. ‘ MERRY-GO-ROUND Josh Lee, retiring Senator from Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzle €6 Metal 67, Repose . Trajn making all stops . Isstied 1n in- stallments L hosdell of dis- cord ResePvea Thick . Old Indlan tribe mm Strong and vi- V201 = I35 5. [T s é, English letter Formerly . Fruit stones . Emmet | Flies high . Phliippine Looks At with Approval Stage. player . Feminife, name a part Modest (eminina name Not f¢ Exnoire. to W il 7, aua i Aul DA | |5 fies pane . River lhflrl Clear Termisation of certain fem- 1ning. nouus. W, | Chavez, o- | a majority which | s improved THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA HAPPY BIRTHDAY || DECEMBER 18 John B. Marin William Bosch Mrs. Alice Eliasen William H. Neiderhauser Mrs. M. J. Lynch Hazel Kimball R. F. Richman Mrs. Delia Raymond - THOROSCOPE |} “The stars incline but do not compel” SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 One strongly benefic aspects dominant today which should ht fortunate and profitable to mer- chants. Girls should avoid hasty decisions in shopping. HEART AND HOME: Extending personal liberty due to war work or membership in uniformed groups may cause parental anxiety regard- ing girls who are serving the na- ‘Lmn Because emotional instability is one of the accompaniments of |war, the tendency toward sudden love affairs may be emphasized and for that reason it is wise for women of all ages to be on guard, the seers declare. According to reading of the stars American gir should be well-poised and impe: |sonal in their associations with men. Submergence of |1s produced by true Most girls will be too busy think of romance, astrologers clare. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Freedom o! the press will be discussed in lits relation to business considera- |tions where they seem to conflict |with public service. Censorship will be more strict in the new year, astrologers forecast, because of tremendous events in the war, but 'newspapers will be in even greater demand than in the past. The cost of covering the global conflict will rise despite cooperation in gather- ling facts. Foreign correspondents will win fame as heroes. NATIONAL ISSUES: As young {Americans of eighteen put on uni- forms, older men will prove most efficient in tasks especially as- signed to them, it is forecast.. The |desire to serve democracy will be stronger than personal desires and selfish ambitions. Gradually, effi- ciency in all branches of war ac- tivities will be attained in the United States. Present methods show how slowly large bodies move despite the will to gain speed. The aspects stir the desire to look back- ward with regret over mistakes and patriotism. to with good resolutions regarding the future. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: | benefit from transportation facilities which in the new year are to prove amazingly successful. Al- though the end of this month is 'to emphasize prospects for Allied 1 victorles there is 2 portent of a grave reverse or heavy loss through /a long planned trap of the enemy. Geography which means so much |in this Second World War has been ‘studied by the Axis powers in the years when the United States took little interest in maps. Persons whose birthdate it have the augury of a year in which there will be thrilling events and Both men and ‘women should avoid dangers from \fire or machinery. | United Nations will Children born on this day prob- | jably will be steadfast and coura- fgeuus, intelligent and industrious. Ein which there is much success. 1Copynght 1942) | Oklahoma, looks like a sure bet | for appointment to the Civil Aero- | nautics Board. Josh did more than !any other man in Congress to pio- |neer for big cargo planes. |been nominated to the CAB. . . Also after the Aeronautics appofm- ment is Congressman Andrew Ed- miston of West Virginia, . . . Wal- ter Winchell is flying to South |America for a visit of about 4 | month. . The Nazis situation lon Tunis is like Guadalcanal in | reverse. They could land men. by (plane with small arms, but no heavy arms. Until recently that’s the way the Marines were in the Solomons. . . . At Dakar and Alex~ andria the French have two battle- ships, seven cruisers, four destroy- ers, 18 subs and some smaller ships. . . . Jimmy Warburg, author of the famous book, “Hell Bent for | Election,” with which the Republi- cans tried to defeat Roosevelt, is |now Mr. Big when it comes to OWI foreign policies. In some respects he is more active and poWerful than Elmer Davis. . . . Some of the State Department career ‘boys who have been protected in office by FDR'already are chortling glee-'| fully at the prospect of a Demo- cratic’ defeat in 1944. | ~(Distributed by United Feature Syndicate, lncn TIDES mmm Low tide—5:32 am. 36 High tide—11:48 am,, 16.7 leoi | Low tide—6:17 pm. 00 feet. e 1 BUY DEFENSE BONDS' selfish aims | de- | is | They will have changeful careers (He has | 20 YEARS AGO % DECEMBER 18, 1922 Mrs. Scott C. Bone, wife of Governor Bone, was to leave Juneau for Seattle on the Spokane sailing in the evening. She was to spend the Christmas holidays with her daughter, Miss Marguerite, who was attend- ing the University of Washington, and two of her sons. Governor Bone was to join her about the first of January. HE EMPIRE There was no ice on Mendenhall Bar, according to Robert Keeny, who had been out the previous day. The water was clear for navigation and all four lights, marking the channel, were in order. Miss Nellie Simpkins was to leave on the Princess Mary for Tacoma {to spend the Christmas holidays with relatives. Miss Ebba Djupe, field representative for was leaving on the Princess Mary on her way she was to confer with Red Cross Alaska. the American Red Cross, to San Francisco where officials concerning the work in Miss Doris Simpson, of Douglas, was looking forward to a visit from her sister, Gladys, and her grandmother, Mrs. H. A. Austin, of | Sydney, Australia, who were due to arrive in Vancouver February 20 on | their way North, Attractions at the theatres were “Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford” at the Coliseum and Mabel Norman in “Head Over Heels,” at the Palace. Forest Ranger George Peterson was to leave for Speel River as soon as the Taku could be crossed. He was making the trip for the purpose | of scaling timber bought and being used by the Alaska Pulp and Paper Company. | Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Davis were to leave Seattle on the Victoria for Juneau following a honeymoon trip in the States, according to word | received by John Spickett. Mrs, Davis was to resume her position as {organist at the Palace. Nellie Neal, oldtimer of the Westward, was planing to make a trip | to South America during the winter, according to word received from Anchorage. Weather was snowy with a maximum temperature of 29 and a mini- lmum of 28. | | e e '{ Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon | B e e | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “They would not have seen him had they have gone.” Omit the second HAVE. Say, “had they gone.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Finesse. Pronounce fi-nes, I as in FXN E as in LESS, accent last syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Granddaughter. Observe the two D’s. SYNONYMS: Serviceable, helpful, useful, beneficial, advantageous, practical. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: STERTOROUS:; characterized by a deep snoring; hoarsely breathing. (Ac- cent first syllable). “The day has ebbed away, and it is night in his room, before his stertorous breathing lulls.”—Dickens. MODERN ETIQUETTE * poprrra LEE Q. When one has a house guest, who is in the home on Christmas Day, should there be a gift for this guest? A. Yes. And of course the guest should have gifts for the host and hostess and their children, or one gift that they all can enjoy. Q. What does it indicate when a guest finishes a meal and pushes his plate away from him? | A. This would seem to imply, “That's about enough of that un- savory meal, and T am glad it is finished.’ The dishes should never be moved. Q. When a woman is expecting to leave home within a few min- | utes, and a caller arrives unexpectedly, what should the hostess do? A. Frankly say that you have an appointment in twenty minutes, zbu! hope she can stay a few minutes anyway. | | In the treatment of what disease is insulin used? What State is the “Sunrise Portal” of the United States? ‘Where does port wine get its name? How many spots are there on one pair of dice? | Who is the author of, “God’s in His heaven: All's right with the | ANSWERS: Diabetes mellitus. Maine. From Oporto, a city in Portugal, where this wine was first made. Forty-two. Robert Browning (1812-89). DOUGLAS |legion of Moose NEWS Meeting Tonight i ’ = Members of the Legion of Moose | APPOINTIVE OFFICERS NAMED |yl nhold a meeting at 8 o'clock The following members. of Nugget | yonjght and as matters of impor- Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, have | 4.+ pusiness are to discussed,a been appointed to the non-elective | g, attendance is requested. offices bs follows: Marshal, Roberta. Plans are now all arranged for Johnson; Organist, Edith BAuas: |y, pip Moose Christmas doings for Adah, Flora Kirkham; Ruth, Mary Ellen Spain; Esther, Evelyn K. Holl- Moose children ?ex:"n\?sduy night. mann; Martha, Leila Devon; Elec- tra, Una Anderson; Warder, Cath- ‘ erine Balog; Sentinel, J. O. Kirk- ham, - For Defense Workers and OtheYs with In announcement of the officers Priorities. elected at Tuesday night's meeting Dora Kirkham was given the office of Associate Conductress. Tuesday, January 5, is the date set for the ation of officers, which will be held jointly with the Masons. el . EIGHT YEARS OLD Bonnie Wagner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Wagner, cele- brated her eighth birthday at the family home on Wednesday after- noon with a party for a number of her classmates: ————————— VISITS PARENTS i Richard Parsons, son of Mr. and Mrs. James 1. Parsons, was a visitor in Douglas the early part of the week tp see his parents before going to Sitka where he is employed by Belms-'Drake Company. | ALL SIZES The Clothing Man el Egyptians brewed a barley beer| as early as 3000 B.C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 DIRECTORY Drs. Kaser and | Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Building - Phone 58 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Oftice Phone 469 Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg PHONE 762 ROBERT SIMPSON,Opt.D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground I The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Prankiin Sts. PHONE 136 FIRST AID HEADQUARTERS FOR ABUSED HAIR Parker Herbex Treatments Will Correct Halr Problems Sigrid’s Jones-Stevens Shop | LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third | . JAMES C. COOPER C.P.A. Business Counselor COOPER BUILDING L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITERS. Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 8:00 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. Fhone 177 “Say It With Flowers” but “SRAY IT WITH OURSI” Juneau Florists Phone 311 Rice & Ahlers Co. Plumbing—Oil Burners Heating Phone 34 Sheet Metal JUNEAU - YOUNG Hardware Company PAINTS—OIL—GLASS Bhelf and Heavy Hardware Guns and Ammunition 1 - " Guy Smith-Drugs (Careful Prescriptionists) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK'S DANISH ICE CREAM Mo CALL AN OWL Phone 63 Stand Opposite Coliseum Theatre Professional Frm-mal Socleu 8 astineau Channel e e § MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH §‘§; Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30.p. m. R. W. COWLING, Wor- lhlp!ul lluftr. JAMES W. LEIV- * B. P. 0. ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting Brothers wel- come. ARTHUR ADAMS, Ex- aited Ruler, M. H. SIDES, Sec~ retary. PIGGLY WIGGLY For BETTER Groceries Phone 1824 Lr@> e g ez gy ] "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” “The Store for Men” SABIN’S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. - You'll Find Food Finer and Service More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP FINE Watch and Jewelry Repalring at very reasonable rates Paul Bloedhorn S, FRANKLIN STREET e —— RCA Victor Radios and RECORDS JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE Next to Juneau Drug Co. Seward Street Phone 68 INSURANCE Shattuck Agency "*—_—% CALIFORNIA | Grocery and Meat Market 478—PHONES—371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices — H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTRING ZORIC BYSTEM CLEAN Phone 15 Alaska Laundry - E.E. STENDER For Expert Radio Service TELEPHONE BLUE 429 or call at 117 3rd St., Upstairs 15 Years’ Experience ® Perfect comfort, ® Centrally located 2did food and s > e Large Rooms— # all with Bath 1891—Half a Century of Banking—1841 The B. M. Béhrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL SAVINGS v ~